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As an Ontarian, I feel this.....

They aren't interested in discussion. They want it cancelled. And will say or do anything to achieve their goals. I spend time on the opponent sites to see what actual issues there are. And it's like picking fly shit out of pepper. For every person who has a genuine concern there's like 10...

I was posted in California when they started construction. That project is uniquely flawed. They set speed goals that are some of the highest in the world, without ever considering the budget. They didn't have decent access corridors into LA and SF. Imagine building Alto without GO to get...

If you listen to opponents, one would get the impression that California is the only place that built HSR in world.... Weird how learning from all the failures of that project are discounted. There's a reason they're getting all the land now. That's something the Californians didn't do...

Look at historical data? Doesn't count. Don't look at historical data? Clueless about cost. Can't win. Typical bad faith BS. Can't expect better.

Just some context to consider. Pearson is packed and maxing out. Moving some of those domestic flights does free up some room. And on level of effort this is how it compares historically.

That's basically an argument to never build HSR. Cause we're definitely not spending $60-90B after spending $30B on a low speed train. Which means if government has to prioritize, it's obvious to prioritize the 80-90% of passengers traveling between the large metros. The Lakeshore will get...

There's been studies of the impact of HSR. And the biggest one is on mental geography. After France built the TGV, they noticed that young people stopped thinking in terms of distance and started thinking in terms of travel time. Lyon is no longer 400 kms away. It's 2 hrs away. And that...

The Turbo is the train equivalent of the Avro Arrow. It did like one fast run a day (3:59h so they could say less than 4hrs) and that's what fans hang their hats on. The average was decent at 4:15h. But that was with few intermediate stops. Meanwhile congestion is so bad on current tracks...

I agree. Some of the highest average per user (ARPU) in the developed world. Source: Affordable Mobile Everywhere in Canada – For Good And not like those high bills are giving value for money either. We rank 45th in the world for mobile internet speeds...

Cause when your train ride is 5-6 hrs the catering matters more than when your ride is 2-3 hrs. Different perspective. That said, I had okay meals on the Spanish HSR. And Japan has some absolutely famous culture around food at HSR stations that is taken onboard. There's nothing preventing...

And that won't happen without more rail. Ironically. At least for the Corridor the only way to get more competitive pressure on air fares is to build an alternative.

Hell. I am not young and I wonder the exact same thing every time I travel.

Will add. This has specifically been on the CAF/3 CSD wishlist. For people who claim to want to support the CAF, their opposition to this is something.....

This criticism doesn't actually say anything about what they would do different. This particular line looks like an effort to have their cake and eat it too: "Young Canadians travel abroad and wonder why Canada, a G7 country, still struggles to build so many different things." I don't get how...

They have said their goal is maximum use of existing rail corridors, hydro corridors and trails. But it's obviously impossible to do 100%. There's a hydro corridor that runs from near the GTA till north of Ottawa. I wonder why they didn't pick that one.

It's actually worse over there. They can expropriate to facilitate developments for private interests with a mere fig leaf of public interest. "This creates jobs."

Fair. And I don't think that's actually wrong. That's why I suggested it is "emotional but not irrational". Unlike say the wild conspiracy theories that the government is just coming for their land with no compensation (which I count as irrational). I honestly don't know what the equitable...

If usage has to be triaged, I think manufacturing, especially the tech sector is screwed.

I honestly apologize. I didn't mean that as a jab at you or anyone else. Sincerely. I was thinking about the opposition to wind turbine projects here in Ontario a decade ago. And in the context of what I read from those opposed to Alto who literally say they don't want 300 kph trains...